We have the right to be safe so we will:
Listen to our teachers and follow safety instructions.
Use kind hands.
Walk sensibly inside.
We have the right to learn so we will:
Always do our best and keep trying.
Take care of our classroom and learning spaces.
Share our toys, books and resources.
We have the right to have friends so we will:
Be a kind friend.
Play nicely with other children.
Use kind words and gentle hands.
Look after each other.
We have the right to play and have fun so we will:
Take care of our toys and resources.
Include everyone in our games.
We have the right to be heard so we will:
Listen to adults and other children.
Chennestone
Rainbow Class Charter
Year R Curriculum
Information for Parents
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
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Play in a group, extending and elaborating play ideas, e.g. building up a role play
activity with other children.
Demonstrate friendly behaviour, initiate conversations and form good
relationships with peers and familiar adults.
Confidently talk to other children when playing, and communicate freely about
own home and community.
Show confidence when asking adults for help.
Become confident when speaking to others about own needs, wants, interests
and opinions.
Be aware of own feelings, and know that some actions and words can hurt
others’ feelings.
Accept the needs of others, take turns and share resources, sometimes with
support from others.
Be aware of the boundaries set, and of behavioural expectations in the setting.
Communication and Language
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Maintain attention, concentrate and sit quietly during appropriate activity.
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Respond to an instruction which involves a two-part sequence.
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Listen to stories with increasing attention and recall.
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Listen and respond to ideas expressed by others in conversation or
discussion.
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Extend vocabulary, especially by exploring the meaning and sounds of new
words.
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Use language to imagine and recreate roles and experiences in play
situations.
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Use talk to organise, sequence and clarify our thinking, ideas, feelings and
events.
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Introduce a storyline and narrative into our play.
Physical Development
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English
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Mathematics
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Show increasing control over an object in pushing, patting, throwing,
catching or kicking it.
Handle tools, objects, construction and malleable materials safely and with
increasing control.
Shows understanding of the need for safety when tackling new challenges,
and considers and manages some risks.
Understand how to transport and store equipment safely.
Use a pencil and hold it correctly to form recognisable letters, most of
which are correctly formed.
Eat a healthy range of foodstuffs and understand the need for variety in
food.
Show some understanding that good practices with regard to exercise,
eating, sleeping and hygiene can contribute to good health.
Hear and say the initial sounds in words.
Segment the sounds in simple words and blend them together.
Link sounds to letters, naming and sounding the letters of the alphabet.
Read words and simple sentences.
Enjoy an increasing range of books.
Know that information can be retrieved from books and computers.
Use some clearly identifiable letters to communicate meaning,
representing some sounds correctly and in sequence.
Write our own name and other things such as labels and captions.
Attempts to write short sentences in meaningful contexts.
Use vocabulary and forms of speech that are increasingly influenced by
their experiences of books, e.g. in role-play.
Count objects to 10, and beyond 10.
Count out up to ten/twenty objects from a larger group.
Select the correct numeral to represent 1 to 10 or 20 objects.
Count an irregular arrangement of up to ten objects.
Estimate how many objects we can see and check by counting them.
Find the total number of items in two groups by counting all of them.
Say the number that is one more or one less than a given number.
Use the vocabulary involved in adding and subtracting.
Use the language of ‘more’ and ‘fewer’ to compare two sets of objects.
Say the number that is one more than a given number.
Order two or three items by length or height.
Show awareness of similarities of shapes in the environment.
Talk about the shapes of everyday objects, e.g. ‘round’ and ‘tall’.
Use mathematical names for ‘solid’ 3D shapes and ‘flat’ 2D shapes, and
mathematical terms to describe shapes.
Use everyday language related to time.
Understanding the World
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Show an interest in the lives of people who are familiar to us.
Talk about significant events in our own experience.
Describe special times or events for family or friends.
Understand some of the things that make us unique, and can talk about
some of the similarities and differences in relation to our friends or
family.
Comment about and ask questions about aspects of our familiar world such
as the place where we live or the natural world.
Look closely at similarities, differences, patterns and change.
Complete a simple program on a computer.
Expressive Art and Design
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Explore the different sounds of instruments.
Experiment to create different textures.
Explore what happens when we mix colours.
Understand that different media can be combined to create new effects.
Construct with a purpose in mind, using a variety of resources.
Use simple tools and techniques competently and appropriately.
Select appropriate resources and adapt our work where necessary.
Selects tools and techniques needed to shape, assemble and join materials
they are using.
Create simple representations of events, people and objects.
Initiate new combinations of movement and gesture in order to express
and respond to our feelings, ideas and experiences.
Play cooperatively as part of a group to develop and act out a narrative.